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Ex-Spurs Player Gareth Bale

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On current form Bale comes in for Son, Lucas and Lamela stay in the starting 11 .. tough decision to make but there has to be some result after a series of insipid performances for Son.
 
Single handedly changed the entire tempo of the game and lifted the entire team up. Every head was down and we had zero initiative until he just started attacking and creating opportunities.

It is about time we saw what he can still do.
 
To be fair Bale probably had some mentality problem to begin with. Rusty as fuck as barely played in la liga. Head in the clouds thinking about playing some golf in sunny Spain. Possibly the benching and bringing attention to his attitude has kicked his arse into gear a bit, as we know deep down Bale is a superb athlete.

Today there was flashes of the old premier league Bale in his last season. He has to start every game from now. He should have started today.
 
Should have started today end of. Jose talking about fitness etc is just him covering his arse. Start the fucker, we go a couple of goals ahead then take him off. Negative bloody approach as per this manager.
 
His quality is just head and shoulders above the rest of the players on the team. And it’s not just his technical abilities. He knows how to find and take advantage of space.
 
J.F said:
Direct quote from Mourinho:
If Gareth Bale is completely fit and ready to play 90 minutes of every game, of course he would.

Goes onto talk about his quality, but basically implies Bale's still struggling with fitness issues, and can't play full matches.

Jose can be blamed for a lot, but I think it's rewriting history to say Bale's lack of success so far is all down to Mourinho.

Bale has shown glimmers of his quality, but he needs to get his fitness to the right levels and prove he still gives a shit.

A fully fit Bale should be in our starting 11 without question. But it's not as simple as that, he's had so many issues with injuries, fitness, illness, and so on.

He was our best player today. Hopefully this is a turning point.
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So Jose explain this...

you deem him 'ready' to start cup and europa games but not ready to start league games?
 
LEGO Boy said:
Should have started today end of. Jose talking about fitness etc is just him covering his arse. Start the fucker, we go a couple of goals ahead then take him off. Negative bloody approach as per this manager.
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It's complete bullshit, Bale doesn't do the defensive tracking he requires in his system. Therefore he won't play him because that would suggest his methods are flawed.

And we all know Jose thinks his ideas and methods are second to none. He doesn't tire of telling us that.

Mourinho: My methods are still the best in the world
 
Much more like it today. Was far and away the best player on the pitch. Needs to be given a starting role now and the opportunity to get up to speed in the league.
 
J.F said:
Direct quote from Mourinho:
If Gareth Bale is completely fit and ready to play 90 minutes of every game, of course he would.

Goes onto talk about his quality, but basically implies Bale's still struggling with fitness issues, and can't play full matches.

Jose can be blamed for a lot, but I think it's rewriting history to say Bale's lack of success so far is all down to Mourinho.

Bale has shown glimmers of his quality, but he needs to get his fitness to the right levels and prove he still gives a shit.

A fully fit Bale should be in our starting 11 without question. But it's not as simple as that, he's had so many issues with injuries, fitness, illness, and so on.

He was our best player today. Hopefully this is a turning point.
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Nobody said he had to play 90 minutes of every game. But he should have started far more games than he has done otherwise how was he going to attain that match-fitness?

But that would mean Jose would need to compromise his system to accommodate Bale. And we know Jose would never put the team ahead of himself.
 
I thought Gareth Bale come on today and looked really good. The only way Gareth Bale is going to re gain any sort of form is by playing more games consecutively. Anyone that knows football and plays the game knows that he needs to build up a run of games. I mean he's 31, I don't think he's passed it just yet.

I do think there is a massive ego problem between Bale and Mourinho. You only have to watch the interview from Jose after the game today when he was asked about Bale, he refuses to accept that he actually come on and did well. He would much rather just use the injury excuse constantly.
 
TonySoprano said:
Nobody said he had to play 90 minutes of every game. But he should have started far more games than he has done otherwise how was he going to attain that match-fitness?

But that would mean Jose would need to compromise his system to accommodate Bale. And we know Jose would never put the team ahead of himself.
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He started the season hurt. When he came back he was playing in Europa to get some match fitness. When he started subbing on in the Premier League he looked miles off it for the most part. When his fitness started to improve enough for him to start in the League, he got hurt again.

Then again he had to start getting match fitness in Cup and Europa matches.

There's a lot of revisionist history going on in here. He's been hurt or not at full fitness for just about the entire season.

He looks incredible now, so let's give him a run of games.
 
Saw many very decent glimpses of him today, thought he did really well, brilliant delivery for the goal. Also one of our most creative players in the middle there, and deserves more game time for sure. Not getting carried away but hes put in a few good performances this week so could be getting back to a decent level.
 
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